Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

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Unfortunately this would not work, but ....... She has been in the water for about 15 months less than HMS QE was when commencing her Sea Trials, so her bottom should be cleaner (smoother) and a higher speed may therefore be possible.

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QE group will be in Canada for 5 days, then move south to the US.

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Hope they get to allow loads of Canadian public tour of the ship and not just the dignitaries and military folks

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Has anyone else noticed on google Earth, on the grassy area outside the Fleet Air Arm museum in Yeovilton, there is a deck layout of a QE carrier?
Definately not 1:1 scale either!

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swoop wrote:Has anyone else noticed on google Earth, on the grassy area outside the Fleet Air Arm museum in Yeovilton, there is a deck layout of a QE carrier?
Definately not 1:1 scale either!

It’s part of a children’s playground

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Qwerty wrote:
swoop wrote:Has anyone else noticed on google Earth, on the grassy area outside the Fleet Air Arm museum in Yeovilton, there is a deck layout of a QE carrier?
Definately not 1:1 scale either!
It’s part of a children’s playground
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See: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.01541 ... 3?hl=en-GB

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swoop wrote:Has anyone else noticed on google Earth, on the grassy area outside the Fleet Air Arm museum in Yeovilton, there is a deck layout of a QE carrier?
Definately not 1:1 scale either!
As others have said its a childrens playground.

But....RNAS Culdrose does have an exact scale replica of the Invincible Class deck which is used for aircraft handler training. There are 4 F-35 replica's used for this purpose, along with some non-flying Sea Harrier that are used to simulate jet wash hazard in training.

I've never managed to find out if there was ever an intention to expand this facility to make it the same size and shape as a CVF deck to make training more realistic, I suspect there may have been at some point (but nowhere near the scale of China's Concrete carrier in Wuhan) there have been a few parts of the CVF programme that have been cut, regrettably in some cases, like the ramps for re-supply at Portsmouth.

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SKB wrote:
Qwerty wrote:
swoop wrote:Has anyone else noticed on google Earth, on the grassy area outside the Fleet Air Arm museum in Yeovilton, there is a deck layout of a QE carrier?
Definately not 1:1 scale either!
It’s part of a children’s playground
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See: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.01541 ... 3?hl=en-GB
That's superb. :thumbup: :clap:

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Cheers everyone!
I hadn't seen the playground when visiting FAAM a little while ago. Looks like a good idea by somebody.

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(@HMSPWLS) 15th September 2019
Our flight deck lights add a nice bit of ambiance to a cool Rosyth evening. #moodlighting
Also seen a recent daytime photo, the ramp crest and name have been painted over.

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Looks like PoW departing dockyard lock 18th
Anchoring in main channel with daylight window to depart between 20-21st

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(Halifax News & Info @haligonia) 16th September 2019
Farewell and safe travels. The British HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, along with escort, have left Halifax after a weekend stay here.

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(Smithsonian Channel) 16th September 2019
With 17 decks, over 3,000 compartments and five miles of passage ways, the HMS Queen Elizabeth is the biggest ship the British Royal Navy has ever built.

From the Series: Rise of the Supercarrier: Birth of a Giant
"Rise of the Supercarrier: Birth of a Giant" is the US version of "Britain's Biggest Warship".

Three episodes to be shown over 13th and 14th October.
https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/show ... er/1006072

Or you could watch all three of the originals....




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Well it's all gone dark from my 'contact' which either means he is in his mess where the signal is shocking, they are all being told to keep schtumm, or he never made it back from Edinburgh yesterday after his last run ashore for a while! :lol:

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I was told earlier that not today as 'weathers crap'. :(

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Tomorrow in the Forenoon then?

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Weather forecast and tide looks good for around dawn tomorrow. Wind is forecast to pick up again around the time of tomorrow evening's high tide.

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Navy Lookout has a nice "Photo essay" article about Westlant 19 so far.
https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/photo- ... nt-part-1/

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06:05 - High tide at Rosyth right now, but no tug activity on AIS. And sunrise isn't until 06:52 anyway. The evening high tide is at 19:02, but sunset is 19:21...

Friday (20th) morning has a high tide at 07:19 with sunrise at 06:55.

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